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Title
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Joe- MD-FORG2
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Identifier
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MD-FORG2
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Forgeman
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Source
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Baltimore Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser
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Date
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June 23, 1778
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Trade
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Forgeman
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Ephraim Howard
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from Ephraim Howard
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Notes
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Compiled from Lathan Windley
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Transcription
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EIGHTY POUNDS REWARD.
June 23, 1778.
RAN away, the 15th instant, from the subscriber, living near Elk-Ridge Church, Ann-Arundel County, three Negro men, viz. JOE*, JEM, and SAURAH. Joe is about 5 feet 4 inches high, pock-marked, and 35 years of age. Had on a short red jacket, old shoes, shirt and trousers, also a leather apron. He is a forge-man. Jem, about 5 feet 10 inches high, and thin-faced. Had on a cloth jacket and breeches, half-worn shoes, and country linen shirt. Saurah, a Guinea Negro, about 5 feet 8 inches high, talks bad English, and has a very large under lip. Had on a brown cloth coat, spotted jacket, and old trousers and shoes. Whoever secures said Negroes, and brings them home, shall be paid Twenty Pounds, if 20 miles from home; Thirty Pounds, if 40 miles; Forty Pounds, if 50 miles; Fifty Pounds, if 60 miles; Sixty Pounds, if 70 miles; Seventy Pounds, if 80 miles; and the above reward, if 100 miles, or in proportion for either of them, paid by
EPHRAIM HOWARD,
Son of Henry.
N.B. Negro Joe and Saurah did live, a few months past, at Mr. Young’s forge, on French Creek, Pennsylvania State. It is probable that those Negroes have made for camp, and are in the army.
